With schools in session, companies are necessarily focused on implementing products for customers, but it’s important to look beyond implementation and remember this is also a critical time to focus on extending your relationship with your customers for the entire year. As you focus on delivering products for your customers during the back-to-school season, […]
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Over the past 12 months, Arc has continued to make investments, including two additional investments in the mobile and special education space, deploying close to a million dollars. Arc also continues to advise some of the fastest growing companies in the country, including the SIIA Innovation Winner RoboKind for Robots for Autism. Arc continues to […]
The CDC just released new numbers showing the incidence of autism in 8 year olds has increased to 1 in 68. That means that 15 years ago a school district with 10,000 students might have had one child with autism in half of their schools. Today, that same district would have one child in every […]
Though 2014 is just getting underway, much of what goes into your meeting your yearly sales goal should already be completed. In fact, your sales will be 20 to 25 percent of your pipeline value as of the end of January. (The 20 to 25 percent figure is not weighted, i.e. a 10k deal with […]
Arc Capital Development announced on January 30 that it made investments in six companies in 2013, which together raised more than $5 million. The education and special needs-focused global private equity and advisory firm assumed a majority position in one company and a minority position in the remainder of the companies. In most cases, Arc […]
Arc Capital Development will be celebrating its 10th Year Anniversary on Sunday, September 22nd in Denver. In reflecting on our 10 years, we thought it might be interesting to look back at education investment over the past 10 years – view our new white paper here.
To Tweet or Not to Tweet? While few would question the need for most businesses to have some sort of online presence, it is still wise to question exactly who should shape your company’s official social networking presence. In particular, you need to decide whether social networking will be left to your communications […]
If you have not built or updated your website in the last year or two, it’s past time to take a long look at your web presence. As you evaluate whether you should update your site, you should also be evaluating how your site fits into your sales process. Your web site should be more […]
Rita Slides Our industry prides itself on the quality of our content—no matter the media, audience, or delivery format. But with changing expectations about what schools will pay for, will there still be profit in selling content? Does the future lie somewhere else, such as in professional development or content management? Listen to experts debate […]
Comments start about 15 min into the video. SIIA ETIS May 2013 My comments at the following markers 15 min, 34 Min, 46 min, 56.45 min, 61.30 min TOPIC/ SESSION: What IS coming next within education technology? In this opening session, we’ll hear from key thought leaders representing education institutions, Ed Tech companies, […]